Legal Opinion
Iowa Department of Transportation v. Iowa District Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 19, 1995No. 94-477PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
Does a district court have authority in a criminal case to enter an order that in effect prohibits the revocation of the defendant’s driver’s license by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)? We think it does not. Therefore, we sustain the DOT’s petition for writ of certiorari challenging the legality of the district court’s order doing so here.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
On May 22, 1993, Garry Lee Schumacher was stopped by a police officer for speeding. Schumacher dropped a marijuana pipe on the floor of the patrol car. A subsequent search of his vehicle…
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